WRITER

Sylvain Tesson

1972 - Today

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Sylvain Tesson (born 26 April 1972) is a French writer and traveller born in Paris. He has engaged in a number of unusual travels and expeditions which are the basis for his books. Among his most successful works are The Consolations of the Forest (2011), about a project to live alone in a Siberian cabin for six months and The Art of Patience (2019), about the quest for snow leopards in Tibet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sylvain Tesson has received more than 230,141 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sylvain Tesson is the 6,198th most popular writer (down from 5,976th in 2019), the 5,162nd most popular biography from France (down from 4,966th in 2019) and the 646th most popular French Writer.

Sylvain Tesson is a French writer and adventurer who is best known for his travel writing, particularly his book "The Consolations of the Forest," in which he reflects on his experience of living alone in a cabin in Siberia for six months.

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  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sylvain Tesson ranks 6,198 out of 7,302. Before him are Dmitry Gordon, John Barbour, Dejan Ajdačić, Fran Saleški Finžgar, Dafydd ap Gwilym, and Mike Godwin. After him are Birger Sjöberg, Bernice Rubens, Alain LeRoy Locke, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Paolo Giordano, and Lorraine Hansberry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Sylvain Tesson ranks 318. Before him are Bente Skari, Hasim Rahman, Go Oiwa, Evan Williams, Oh! great, and Valeria Mazza. After him are Cristina Branco, China Miéville, Ulrich Ramé, Nick Frost, Jaromír Blažek, and Jennifer Taylor.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sylvain Tesson ranks 5,162 out of 6,770. Before him are Moussa Sow (1986), Kavinsky (1975), Alain Couriol (1958), Zhang Liang (null), Jacques Mairesse (1905), and Marielle de Sarnez (1951). After him are Yacine Brahimi (1990), José Touré (1961), Georges Dransart (1924), Pierre Korb (1908), Tobias Linderoth (1979), and Virginie Hériot (1890).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Sylvain Tesson ranks 646. Before him are René Benjamin (1885), Danièle Sallenave (1940), Cyril Collard (1957), Jean Rouaud (1952), Patrick Grainville (1947), and Éric Vuillard (1968). After him are Olivier Weber (1958), Philippe Méaille (1973), Mathias Énard (1972), Dominique Bona (1953), Christian Prudhomme (1960), and Laurent Binet (1972).

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